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I know the protestors would like this to be the day of departure, as they call it. i don't think that's going to happen. if anybody departs, there are going to be an awful lot of protesters forced out of the square. it looks as if this is the moment that the government has chosen to try and move in, maybe even within the next few hours or even minutes to try and clean out tahrir square and retake control of the center of the city. >> and if that happens, christopher, what then? >> well, what then? i think probably we will have a lot of international uproar. i think that there will be some unre...

Ruling national democratic party. but it's not meeting the one concession we are all demanding, and that is the immediate removal of hosni mubarak. and only after that can we start to talk about a new round of parliamentary elections or making amendments to the constitution. so the demonstrators, who are fighting for their lives out there, and bleeding and dying as a result are saying -- they're issuing demands before they can sit down at the table with this government. >> we're going to have more with ivan and hala throughout this hour, christopher dicky, thank you from "newsweek" and "daily ...

Removal of hosni mubarak. and only after that can we start to talk about a new round of parliamentary elections or making amendments to the constitution. so the demonstrators, who are fighting for their lives out there, and bleeding and dying as a result are saying -- they're issuing demands before they can sit down at the table with this government. >> we're going to have more with ivan and hala throughout this hour, christopher dicky, thank you from "newsweek" and "daily beast" for being with us. stay safe, christopher. we'll continue to check in with you. our coverage continues. some of the...

Something more ominous, more dangerous. when you see this happening, when journalists are attacked and therefore those who attacked them want them silenced, that could be that this is a precursor to something more severe and potentially more violent. that would be my concern today. >> a big demonstration has been called by the anti-mubarak forces, it's been called for several days now. it remains to be seen what is going to happen. i want to go to christopher dicky, who is with "newsweek" and "the daily beast." christopher, what do you make of what you've witnessed over the last 24 hours? >> i...

Will leave liberation square or if they will try to make it to the presidential palace. and it's not clear what egypt's military will do to stop them. and i'm joined via skype, christopher dicky, middle east editor for "the daily beast" and a long-time reporter in this region. also joined by our ivan watson who joins me from another undisclosed location. ivan, what is the latest you've been able to ascertain about what's happening in the square? >> reporter: kind of still status quo. some minor clashes between the pro-mubarak forces and the opposition forces. they're dug in more than ever.